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To judge from how many stockists winesearcher.com lists for this wine, J M Boillot, Premier Cru 2006 Montagny must be made in an impressively large quantity for a fine white burgundy, but at. More...
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May-Eliane de Lencquesaing was not home when I visited her South African estate, Glenelly , in Stellenbosch last week, though her amiable and able winemaker, Luke O’Cuinneagain, gave me an in-depth tour of her vineyards, under-construction winery, the home she has filled with French antiques. More...
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In the current financial turmoil, life is, most unfortunately, likely to become increasingly tough for the noble army of independent wine merchants. The supermarkets will attract those shoppers who feel they must stick to a budget, whether they intend to buy wine or not, and in the UK all the. More...
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In the current financial turmoil, life is, most unfortunately, likely to become increasingly tough for the noble army of independent wine merchants. The supermarkets will attract those shoppers who feel they must stick to a budget, whether they intend to buy wine or not, and in the UK all the. More...
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See related thread in Members' forum Below are notes on one of the world’s great undiscovered treasures, described in more detail here . The wines described below are more than 20 of the most prominent really sweet PXs made in the Montilla-Moriles region in Andalucia (although look out. More...
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We enjoy the Champagne area for the reasons given by earlier replies as well as for some charming scenery and villages: it is worth touring. We have stayed with great pleasure at a champagne vineyard and cellar, which also offers B&B, called La Brouilletière - relatively close to Epernay.. More...
The Wine Society is currently offering a Pauillac 2004 that comes from "one of the most famous châteaux of Bordeaux", but is "not quite up to the exacting standard of the high-profile château’s first and second wines".
The Society cannot reveal the name of the chateau, but Latour immediately. More...
PS while we're at it, can someone clear up my suspicions around the received wisdom that corks can "dry out"? Not having seen one myself, I'm not sure they exist. And being logical for a second, at least one end of the cork is submerged in wine, (or in a bottle standing upright, in a very damp. More...
